Selwyn Times: July 18, 2017
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4 Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
News<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Getting to the toilets<br />
TOUGH:<br />
Maddie<br />
has to have<br />
dialysis every<br />
night, and<br />
regularly has<br />
to visit Starship<br />
Children’s<br />
Hospital for<br />
treatment.<br />
Maddie’s treatment<br />
jumps to $750,000<br />
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They are still waiting on the test<br />
results.<br />
This year, Maddie was told<br />
the daily dialysis treatment she<br />
is on has put so much strain<br />
on her heart, she is at risk of a<br />
heart attack while she stays on<br />
it – making the need for a kidney<br />
transplant more urgent.<br />
Her mother, Sarah Manson<br />
Collins, said the family was doing<br />
their best to stay positive.<br />
She said they could get a call<br />
from the hospital at any point to<br />
say they had found a kidney that<br />
was a match for Maddie, so they<br />
had to be ready to fly back to the<br />
United States at short notice.<br />
But she said Maddie was glad to<br />
be home again.<br />
“She’s just happy to be back<br />
with her horses,” she said.<br />
The treatment offered in the<br />
United States, which is not available<br />
in New Zealand, makes it<br />
less likely Maddie’s body will<br />
reject a donated kidney, even if it<br />
is not a perfect match.<br />
Maddie’s father, Adam Collins,<br />
donated one of his kidneys to her<br />
in 2012, but her body rejected it.<br />
Givealittle pages have already<br />
raised more than $90,000 for<br />
Maddie, and tickets for a fundraising<br />
night later this month<br />
have already sold out.<br />
Donated items, including<br />
artwork and signed sports jerseys,<br />
are being auctioned on TradeMe<br />
as a fundraiser under the user<br />
name maddieauction.<br />
at Tai Tapu a mission<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
LOCATING THE Tai Tapu<br />
public toilets has turned into a<br />
mission for visitors travelling<br />
through the township.<br />
Confusing signage is making<br />
it difficult for travellers to track<br />
down the recently upgraded<br />
public toilets at the Rhodes<br />
Domain off the Old Tai Tapu<br />
Rd.<br />
The trouble begins when motorists<br />
first see a standard toilet<br />
sign located on State Highway<br />
75 at the intersection of the Old<br />
Tai Tapu Rd and Lincoln Tai<br />
Tapu Rd.<br />
The sign points towards The<br />
Store located at 687 Christchurch<br />
Akaroa Rd rather than the<br />
Old Tai Tapu Rd.<br />
It is located about 1.6km from<br />
the toilets and no sign is in<br />
place at the domain.<br />
Tai Tapu Library chairman<br />
Robert White can guarantee<br />
every time his volunteer-run<br />
library is open, three quarters of<br />
people who come in to see him<br />
will ask about the toilets.<br />
The Store duty manager<br />
Hayley Jensen said the cafe gets<br />
between six to 12 people a week<br />
PROBLEMATIC: A sign<br />
on State Highway 75 has<br />
left visitors to Tai Tapu<br />
confused.<br />
asking where the toilets are.<br />
“Happens all the time, we<br />
don’t mind,” she said.<br />
Mr White has brought the<br />
issue of a sign needing to be at<br />
the domain up with the district<br />
council and the Tai Tapu Community<br />
Committee before.<br />
He said he would like additional<br />
toilet signs in the township<br />
clearly worded where the<br />
toilets are located.<br />
“It is such a simple, easy thing<br />
to do and it just defies logic so<br />
I thought I would give them a<br />
stir-up,” he said.<br />
Committee chairman Gerald<br />
Carter said the signage issue<br />
was brought up at its last meeting<br />
with district councillor<br />
Grant Miller and is being<br />
pursued.<br />
New public toilets are<br />
planned to be included in the<br />
Tai Tapu community centre at<br />
the Rhodes park.<br />
Cr Miller said the issue<br />
should be able to be easily<br />
resolved.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you<br />
think the signage for the<br />
location of the Tai Tapu<br />
toilets is confusing? Email<br />
your views to georgia.<br />
oconnor@starmedia.kiwi<br />
West Melton<br />
Stay active this winter at your<br />
local recreation centre<br />
Term 3 Recreation Classes – <strong>July</strong> to September <strong>2017</strong><br />
With over 20 types of classes on offer there is really something for everyone. Look out for the brochure<br />
in your letterbox* or pick one up from your local library, service centre or the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council.<br />
Also available on our websites.<br />
Lincoln Event Centre<br />
Baby Gym (12wks+) and Mini Gym (1–2yrs) returns this<br />
term – a fun way to learn movement skills. Or join Step<br />
(aerobics) – a great workout suited to all fitness levels.<br />
15 Meijer Drive, Lincoln<br />
347 2983, lec.enquiries@selwyn.govt.nz<br />
www.lincolneventcentre.co.nz<br />
Rolleston Community Centre<br />
New this term is a one-off floral art<br />
workshop or stay motivated with others<br />
in a group BoxFit or Spin class.<br />
94 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston<br />
347 2882, rcc.enquiries@selwyn.govt.nz<br />
www.rollestoncommunitycentre.co.nz<br />
*Rolleston and Lincoln residents only<br />
Event Centre<br />
Community Centre
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